The final trailer for Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 has arrived, and it's the end of the world as we know it.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, Replicants have taken over Los Angeles and are killing humans in broad daylight. Cora (Hunter Schafer) is humanity's last hope, as she volunteers to go undercover as a Blade Runner who is overseen by Olwen (Michelle Yeoh), a Replicant who is in the final weeks of her life.

"It's harder to look something in the eye than to kill it," Olwen says over a montage of dreary neo-futuristic violence. Another voice assures someone, most likely someone human, that what Cora's doing will "make the world ours again." Given how bleak things are, I'm not so sure. Especially considering that the final moments of the trailer see Olwen drive a pretty freaked-out Cora out into the desert, while telling her that she has to "see the lie" in front of her.

Created by Silka Luisa and executive-produced by Ridley Scott, the cast includes Dimitri Abold, Amy Lennox, Lewis Gribben, and Wil Coban. It's worth noting that, although Scott worked pretty closely with Luisa on the making of the series, Blade Runner 2099 is meant to be its own eight-episode standalone limited series... and that Ryan Gosling's K won't be popping up in a cameo or anything of that nature.

Blade Runner 2099 hits Prime Video on November 25. For more, check out our guide to the best shows on Prime Video.

Even though Stranger Things season 5 came to an end earlier this year, the franchise is kept alive by a fierce fandom that believes the show isn't over. But even with so much support, the sci-fi series still hasn't managed to crack the top five shows of the 2020s.

As reported by Bloomberg in a study from Nielsen, the top ten most-watched TV shows on streaming since 2020 have been revealed. Amassing a whopping 246.55 million minutes watched on streaming is Grey's Anatomy, followed by NCIS, Bluey, Criminal Minds, and Cocomelon. Stranger Things sits in sixth place with 145.24 million minutes viewed. The list continues with Supernatural in seventh place, followed by SpongeBob SquarePants, Family Guy, and The Big Bang Theory.

The list is quite surprising not only because of how low Stranger Things is placed, but because huge shows from the past six years, including House of the Dragon, Wednesday, and so many more, are absent. However, this could just be down to the sheer size of the show in question. Grey's Anatomy has a whopping 23 seasons and 470 episodes, and NCIS has 24 seasons and 511 episodes. Now, that's a lot of minutes.

There is also the rewatchability factor. Medical and police dramas are very rewatchable. You can jump in at any time and can watch whilst folding laundry or starting dinner. The same goes for kids' shows like Bluey and Cocomelon. Stranger Things, on the other hand, requires a little more attention. The sci-fi show still holds popularity on Netflix, though, as seasons 4 and 5 sit in the streamer's top 10 English-language shows of all time, as per Tudum.

Although the main show is seemingly over and done with, Stranger Things lives on as Netflix has multiple spin-offs in the works. There's the second season of the animated show Stranger Things: Tales from '85, and the ' 50s-set prequel series Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, which is due to hit Netflix in 2028.

Stranger Things is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new shows on the way.

Ahsoka season 2 has added Death Stranding star Tommie Earl Jenkins to the cast as a still-unknown character. But Star Wars fans have put two and two together and come up with a theory we can get behind: what if Jenkins is playing Lando Calrissian?

Reports of Jenkins' casting in Ahsoka season 2 emerged in April 2026 when Star Wars sleuths noticed Ahsoka season 2 on Jenkins' Actors Access page. While never officially confirmed by Disney, we now know that Jenkins will appear in season 2 as Sabine Wren star Natasha Liu Bordizzo posted that Jenkins' scenes in the new season "made her cry" in a response on Instagram. And it's this emotional reaction that has put the Lando theory machine into overdrive.

The theory, posted by moraithemessenger on X, is supported by a few pieces of circumstantial evidence. First, Jenkins must be playing a significant character if his scenes were enough to make his co-star Bordizzo cry, not simply some random Rebel commander. Second, Jenkins reportedly filmed scenes with Eman Esfandi's Ezra Bridger. And perhaps most importantly, Lando already crossed paths with the Rebels crew in the season one episode, 'Idiot's Array'.

Recently, Esfandi revealed on stage at LA Comic Con that "other well-beloved characters" from Rebels and/or The Clone Wars will appear in live-action in Ahsoka season 2, and that "everyone's going to be really happy with them." Jenkins playing Lando would certainly make anyone who saw his scene-stealing performance as Die-Hardman in Death Stranding happy.

As some have pointed out, at 60 years old, Jenkins is a little older than Lando would be at this point in the Star Wars timeline (where he'd be about 50), but we know that Lando is still kicking around the Galaxy at this time, as he survives up to the events of The Rise of Skywalker. And given that Luke Skywalker popped up in The Mandalorian season 2 finale and The Book of Boba Fett, bringing back beloved original trilogy characters for streaming shows like Ahsoka is not off the table.

Even if the Lando theories are wide of the mark, we at least know that Ahsoka season 2 is set to feature more Clone Wars flashbacks. Anakin Skywalker star Hayden Christensen even wants to get the band back together and make a live-action Clone Wars show.

Ahsoka season 2 streams on Disney Plus from January 20, 2027. While we wait, check out our guide on all the other upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

Over 10 months after Stranger Things season 5 ended, it seems that the secret episode theories just won't die. Following the excitement of Stranger Things Day 2026, fans now believe that there is a Christmas special on the way.

If you're thinking, 'wait, hasn't this been going on ever since the show came to a close?' Yes, you're right. But new evidence has fans theorising that the secret episode they had been holding out for may end up being something more festive after finding that some set photos from the final season don't quite add up.

In multiple images, posted by one fan on Twitter, we can see Christmas decorations dotted around Hawkins, as well as a personalised bauble reading 'The Wheelers 1989 .' This doesn't really make sense, as season 5 was set in November 1989, with no mention of Christmas. However, this could just be extra set pieces from filming, but it sure does add fuel to the already wild secret episode theory.

In case you're new here, let me give you a rundown on the situation. When the sci-fi series came to a close on New Year's Day, some fans were so disappointed that they refused to accept the ending. Fans picked out mistakes and 'clues' that looked to suggest that the finale was just a ruse set up by Vecna, theorizing that a secret ninth episode was on January 7. This was known as Conformity Gate. But, of course, the alternate ending never arrived, seemingly bringing Conformity Gate to an end.

However, Stranger Things Day 2026, the annual holiday that takes place on November 6, marking the disappearance of Will Byers, has set the theory alive again. Fans spotted clues that big news was on the way, from secret messages posted by The Weather Channel and The Wheel of Fortune to a cryptic Instagram story from the show's co-creator Ross Duffer. This turned out to be in relation to an upcoming 2028 prequel series titled 'Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure,' which Netflix announced with a short teaser.

For now, Netflix hasn't given any indication that any further Stranger Things episodes are on the bar, bar the upcoming prequel and Stranger Things: Tales from '85 season 2. But fans continue to hold out hope.

Stranger Things is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new shows on the way.

Happy Stranger Things Day! Netflix surprise-dropped a teaser-trailer for Other Worlds, a new prequel taking place in 1950s Nevada.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we see the sky split open above what appears to be a testing site somewhere in Marion, Nevada circa 1955. At the end of the clip, we see the full title, Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, and a release window of 2028.

Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) is set to direct the first three episodes, with Shawn Levy and the Duffer brothers executive-producing (H/T Variety). Because Stranger Things: The First Shadow takes place in 1959, this puts Otherworlds on a slightly earlier timeline, with the potential to go back even earlier (the same way The First Shadow has flashbacks to 1943). Plot details have yet to be revealed.

"It's Stranger Things, but also thrillingly fresh, with a new setting, new heroes and villains, and new… actually, we're not allowed to say any more. Now, on to casting. In the meantime: watch the skies, nerds," the Duffers said in a statement.

Fans initially thought that Netflix was dropping that secret ninth episode today... and this is due to the fact that the Weather Channel, the Wheel of Fortune social media accounts, and even the Duffer brothers have been teasing strange things (pun intended) all day in honor of Stranger Things Day, which is celebrated every year on November 6 as it marks that fateful day Will Byers went missing.

Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Story hits Netflix in 2028. The flagship show is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new shows on the way.

Update: Since writing, Netflix has announced a new Stranger Things prequel series titled 'Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure,' due to hit the streamer in 2028.

Stranger Things Day 2026 has awoken Conformity Gate as fans are convinced that something big is coming over 10 months after the sci-fi series came to an end.

Stranger Things Day is celebrated every year on November 6, marking the day that Will Byers went missing in Hawkins in the very first episode. However, with this being the first Stranger Things Day since the series ended for good, fans are convinced that the extra episode they hoped for back in January is finally on the way, and are spotting clues in the unlikeliest places.

One fan on Twitter found that unrelated outlets such as The Weather Channel and a US game show The Wheel of Fortune have been sharing the message "Stranger Things Have Happened." Now, this could be in celebration of Stranger Things Day, but being the sleuths they are, fans think these are clues. In addition, Netflix Latin America has also posted a picture of a billboard which reads, "2026: Final Chapters," with the caption, "Remember, the screenwriter gets creative in the final episodes."

The plot thickens, as co-creator Ross Duffer posted a picture on Instagram riffing off Nathan Fielder's new movie You Can See Everything, which reads, "I know what's coming on Stranger Things Day," but under a picture of Fielder, it says, "No, you don't."

This is all fueling the theory that first came about after the Stranger Things season 5 finale. Some viewers refused to accept the ending, believing that it was all a ruse set up by Vecna and that a secret ninth episode was on the way. But what is even, pardon the pun, stranger is that the franchise is still acting as a running series, with Sony announcing new Stranger Things-themed headphones, and Netflix releasing a Stranger Things-themed Tamagotchi that isn't due to release until late 2027.

There is a lot of evidence that suggests Netflix could be dropping something Stranger Things-related today. While we don't think an alternate finale is on the way, it wouldn't be too far-fetched to think that the streamer has bonus footage in the works. HBO very recently released an IT: Welcome to Derry special months after the horror show's first season ended. So far, Netflix has just posted a season 5 blooper reel, but that won't be enough to keep this fandom at bay.

Stranger Things is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new shows on the way.

In celebration of Stranger Things Day 2026, Netflix has released the season 5 blooper reel over 10 months after the show ended, but fans were expecting more.

The new clip, posted on Twitter by the official Stranger Things account, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke, and more messing up their lines and riffing off one another while filming the final season. It is especially fun to see Vecna star Jamie Campbell Bower act so normal while in full prosthetics. But the stars of the reel have to be Gaten Matarazzo and Joe Keery, whose off-screen relationship is just as sweet as their characters Dustin and Steve's on-screen dynamic. Watch the full video below.

It looks like the gang had a lot of fun while shooting the sci-fi show's saddest installment. But in the replies, it sounds like fans were expecting more from the first Stranger Things Day since the show ended. "There better be something bigger coming later," commented one fan, and another added, "Now give me the rest."

Fans are still a little salty about how the series ended. When the final episode aired on New Year's Day, some viewers refused to accept the ending, theorizing that a secret ninth episode was on the way. This was known as Conformity Gate. Fans went through the season and picked out mistakes and 'clues' that looked to suggest that the finale was just a ruse set up by Vecna, believing that the real finale was on the way.

Then, when Netflix teased that something was coming on January 7, fans caused the site to crash while waiting for a new episode. But nothing appeared. Instead, Netflix posted a teaser for its trailer for its 2026 slate, seemingly bringing Conformity Gate to an end. But some fans are still holding out hope that the show isn't over yet.

Stranger Things Day is celebrated every year on November 6, which marks the day that Will Byers went missing in Hawkins in 1983. Byers was abducted by a Demogorgon in the very first season's first episode, causing a chain of events that would threaten the very end of the world, which all comes to a head in Stranger Things season 5.

Stranger Things is available to watch in its entirety on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows, and keep up with new shows on the way.

Over eleven months after Stranger Things season 5 came to an end, fans are still holding out hope for more, as stars Finn Wolfhard and Caleb McLaughlin have been spotted shooting a mystery project together.

A video of the pair on set in Chicago, which has been doing the rounds online and has since been posted on Twitter by Stranger Things Updates, shows the two walking down the street when all of a sudden they stop dead in their tracks and look at something straight ahead. What is the thing they are staring at? We do not know, but we presume it will be edited in later on. Check out the clip below.

It should come as no surprise that the 20-second-long clip has shaken the Stranger Things fandom, with many fans wondering if the anticipated secret ninth episode is really on the way. After the series ended in January, many fans refused to believe the sci-fi show was over, and theorized that another episode was on the way. Many believed that the ending we received was just a vision made up by Vecna, who has been leaving clues throughout the final season, and that a true finale was to follow. This theory was known as Confirmity Gate.

Stranger Things fans had their hopes raised even higher after HBO dropped a surprise extra episode of IT: Welcome to Derry on Halloween. Many wondered if HBO Max can do it, why can't Netflix? Alas, we don't think that another Stranger Things episode is on the way. But it is strange that nobody can work out what Wolfhard and McLaughlin are working on.

Our best guess is that the two are filming a commercial. With Thanksgiving well on the way, the pair could well be starring in a Thanksgiving Ad for one of the holiday's football games. Thanksgiving Thursday will see three games take place, featuring the Chicago Bears vs the Detroit Lions, the Philadelphia Eagles vs the Dallas Cowboys, and the Kansas City Chiefs vs the Buffalo Bills. Or, perhaps Wolfhard and McLaughlin are filming an SNL skit.

You can get your Stranger Things fix by streaming the whole series on Netflix. For more, check out our guide to the best Netflix shows.

Ahsoka star Eman Esfandi suggests more animated characters could make the leap to live-action in season 2

Esfandi, who plays Ezra Bridger, also confirmed we're getting a "lot of Chopper" in Ahsoka season 2 during an appearance alongside co-stars Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo at L.A. Comic Con, with the fan favorite Clone Wars droid seemingly paving the way for "a lot of other well-beloved characters that we get to spend more time with in live-action."

Esfandi continued, "I think everyone’s going to be really happy with them. I'm very happy about the new characters we get to spend more time with."

The Star Wars series, of course, has already brought over plenty of familiar animated names to live-action – including Ahsoka herself, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Ezra Bridger, Sabine Wren, Hera, and even slightly deeper cuts such as the David Tennant-voiced droid Huyang.

The first season of Ahsoka also carried on much of Thrawn's storyline that punctuated much of the third and fourth seasons of Star Wars: Rebels. The first Ahsoka season 2 trailer also teased that we'll be hurtling back to the Clone Wars era for a series of scenes between Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka, AKA 'Snips'.

But Ahsoka won't just be concerned about the past. Rosario Dawson also suggested on the same panel that the Disney Plus show should pose some intriguing questions for the future, too.

Dawson said, “I think especially the way the series… how it comes together… I think the direction we end up going in leads to some really interesting questions and ideas about what the future holds."

Ahsoka season hits Disney Plus from January 20. For more, check out the upcoming Star Wars movies in the works beyond that.

Mike Flanagan has shared some new details for the upcoming Warhammer 40K series being developed by Amazon Studios. The horror maestro is working on the show alongside Henry Cavill, who has been developing the IP for years.

Speaking in a new interview, Flanagan teased how much he's enjoying the project since being brought on earlier in 2026. "Henry Cavill would be furious if I divulged anything about what we're working on," he told Deadline. "All I can say is that Warhammer is a fascinating world. The challenge, as anyone familiar with it knows, is finding a way in – it's so big. There are 700 novels, discounting the [table top] game, the interactive elements and so much of the rest of the lore."

Flanagan went on to reveal that they have found "a very cool and unexpected on-ramp into it, which I think is very exciting." He added: "I'm sworn to secrecy on all of it, but I’m having the time of my life working on it."

The series has been a long time coming with Cavill's partnership with Games Workshop first being announced three years ago. At the time, the former Superman star shared a statement on Instagram, which read: "Together, we've been sifting through the plethora of incredible characters and poring over old tomes and texts. Our combined efforts have led us to a fantastic place to start our Universe, which has been agreed upon by those up on high at both Amazon and Games Workshop. That starting place shall, for now, remain a secret."

The latest update came in July when Flanagan was brought on board as Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree said work was beginning on scripts. However, he again promised that it would not be a quick process. "This is a long-term partnership with Amazon – and these adaptations will take years to bring successfully to market," Rountree wrote in the company's annual report.

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming video game movies you need to know about.

Rosario Dawson hints Ahsoka season 2 sets up "really interesting questions" about the future of Star Wars.

“I think especially the way the series… how it comes together… I think the direction we end up going in leads to some really interesting questions and ideas about what the future holds," Dawson said during a panel with her fellow Ahsoka co-stars Natasha Liu and Eman Esfandi at L.A. Comic Con (via Morai the Messenger on Twitter).

Ahsoka season 2 will once again follow the one-time padawan of Anakin Skywalker as she navigates a dire situation, remaining trapped in a far-away galaxy as her nemesis Grand Admiral Thrawn returns to the core Star Wars universe.

How, or if, that bleeds into future Star Wars projects – remember, a Dave Filoni-directed 'Mando-verse' movie was announced several years ago before being put on the backburner – remains to be seen, but it appears Ahsoka season 2 will represent at least somewhat of a narrative crossroads for 'Snips' and a galaxy far, far away-at-large.

The first Ahsoka season 2 trailer teased at least some of that intriguing setup, as well as platforming the returning Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in Clone Wars era flashbacks.

At D23, Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi teased a step up in action for season 2.

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," Esfandi said at a talk attended by GamesRadar+.. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced."

Ahsoka season 2 launches on Disney Plus on January 20.

For more, check out the upcoming Star Wars movies in the works.

Despite being set in the same world, 50 years later, Blade Runner 2099 is not "directly connected" to Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049, and won't address the game-changing events of that movie, according to showrunner Silka Luisa.

"No, [Blade Runner 2049] is not directly connected to the show," Luisa told SFX magazine, which features the Prime Video limited series on the new cover. "What was an important early mandate was that audiences could come to the show not having seen the films, and this could stand alone."

A quick reminder: Blade Runner 2049 starred Ryan Gosling as a Replicant, K, who uncovers something extraordinary over the course of the movie: that Harrison Ford's Deckard (who may or may not be a Replicant, depending on who you ask) and Sean Young's Rachael gave birth to a daughter, Ana Stelline. This makes Ana the first Replicant-born child, a fact that would undoubtedly have a profound impact on the cyberpunk world.

Only, Blade Runner 2099 is going in a different direction, telling a story set in the aftermath of a Replicant uprising that sees the engineered humans now in control, demoting humans to second-class citizens. Michelle Yeoh plays Olwen, a Replicant Blade Runner nearing the end of her life, while Hunter Schaefer plays Cora, a human pretending to be a Replicant.

"This could be an introduction to the world of Blade Runner, and it wouldn’t be dependent on you having watched 2049, [or] you having watched the first Blade Runner," Luisa continues. "In that sense, we had to divorce ourselves from the narrative."

It makes a certain amount of sense that 2099 isn't simply dealing with the aftermath of 2049 – half a century is a long time, after all, and much will have changed. Plus, it doesn't discount the idea that the events of Blade Runner 2049 could have drastically altered the course of history. Perhaps it was the miracle of Ana Stelline that eventually led to the Replicant uprising. Either way, just don't expect K, Deckard or Ana Stelline to appear in Blade Runner 2099.

Blade Runner 2099 releases on Prime Video on November 25, with all eight episodes dropping on the same day. For more, check out of our list of upcoming TV shows, and get up to speed with our Blade Runner timeline.

Patrick Stewart, the beloved actor best-known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek universe and Professor Charles Xavier in X-Men, has died at age 86.

Stewart's death was announced on his official social media accounts with a message from his family encouraging donations to the Johns Hopkins Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Fund and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America Caregiver Resources in lieu of flowers. Stewart had been battling Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia when he died at his home in Los Angeles.

"He has been held in the warm embrace of family and friends, surrounded by live music, prayer, tears, laughter, and the kind of profound emotion that only he could inspire after a lifetime of devotion to us all," reads his family's statement in part.

A classical thespian and stage giant trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Stewart's career spans more than 60 years in live theater, film, and TV. Stewart spent decades on stage establishing his signature commanding presence before landing his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation at age 47. That role gave him household status and kickstarted a prolific on-screen career that would land him three Golden Globe nominations, four Emmy nominations, one Tony Award nomination, and even a Grammy Award for his narration of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2010 in honor of his contributions to film and theater.

Stewart was also a longtime advocate against domestic violence, supporter of veterans' charities, animal rights activist, and self-proclaimed feminist.

Is it time to say goodbye to the Ghoul? Let's hope not, but Walton Goggins' wrap message on Fallout season 3 has us worried.

"Just took it off for the last time.. Season 3… Gatdamn this felt good," Goggins wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a Reel of the actor driving and listening to music.

Goggins added, "I wish this road or this song would never end. Gonna miss you California… til the next time."

But this might not be the end of the world. There's been no indication Fallout is ending anytime soon, while Goggins – who has played the Ghoul in the first two seasons of the Prime Video series – may just be referring to taking the undead prosthetics off for the last time this season.

Yet, it follows a trend of key Fallout actors perhaps saying a little too much when the camera is on them.

Hank actor Kyle MacLachlan may have tipped Amazon's hand about a Fallout season 3 release window during a book signing earlier this month,

He said, "We're still shooting away. We've got about a month or so to go... and then probably come out maybe May or June."

Aaron Paul has also been added to the Fallout season 3 cast. It is likely, too, that the show will go somewhere that the main games haven't yet been – Colorado and the Rockies. There, the Ghoul (AKA Coop Howard) remains in search of his family, especially after the rug-pull of the Fallout season 2 ending upon discovering they were no longer in New Vegas. Let's just hope his journey doesn't end there.

For more, we have the Fallout timeline and the ranking of the best Fallout games.

Almost 10 months after the initial announcement, Prime Video finally has a release date for Fallout Shelter: The Experiment, a new reality show based in the world of post-apocalyptic video game franchise Fallout.

The unscripted reality competition series is set to hit Prime Video on January 13, 2027, with the first four episodes in tow. The remaining three will air weekly through January 27.

Per the new press release, the series is a new reality competition series that invites everyday participants to test their aptitude for the apocalypse in Vault-Tec's state-of-the-art bomb-proof vault shelters. will go head to head in a series of high-octane drills, psychological dilemmas, and morally challenging behavior trials until one special dweller emerges to win the prize of a lifetime: $1,000,000."

Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, creators of the Fallout TV show, serve as executive producers alongside franchise boss Todd Howard. Did we mention it also comes from Studio Lambert, producers of The Traitors, The Circle, and Squid Game: The Challenge?

After the success of Netflix's Squid Game reality show, we can see why a Fallout reality show was next in line. The TV show, which takes place in the world of the games and is also canon, is one of Prime Video's biggest original shows and has received several Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy nominations. Fallout season 3 is currently filming and is eyeing a spring or summer release, according to star Kyle MacLachlan.

Fallout seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now on Prime Video. For more, check out our list of the best Prime Video shows to stream right now.

Pack your bags and get ready to hop in the Normandy; the Mass Effect TV show is on the way. That's right, despite the recent (and devastating news) that EA has shut down BioWare and canceled Mass Effect 5, the upcoming Amazon adaptation of the famed video game franchise is reportedly still going ahead, and already there are plenty of details to start digging our sci-fi teeth into.

The original Mass Effect trilogy follows Commander Shepard on a brutal mission to save the galaxy and is counted among the best RPGs of all time. The story and fully realized worldbuilding are downright iconic, so when Amazon announced in 2021 that it had snagged the rights to bring it to our small screens, I've been paying close attention to every bit of news surrounding the upcoming TV show. So, if you are a massive Mass Effect fan like me who is dying to learn more, or a Fallout TV series enjoyer who is curious about Amazon's next game adaptation, then you've come to the right place.

Below is everything you need to know about Mass Effect's streaming debut. From release date predictions, updates on its production status, plot details, and more, I've made sure to scan every bit of information out there into a handy guide right here.

Mass Effect TV show release date speculation

Mass Effect is still very much underway; however, since filming hasn't kicked off yet, we are going to have to wait a while for a release date.

The show is still in the pre-production phase, and despite a previous Production Weekly list hinting at a Q4 2026 production start, there has been no new update on the Amazon adaptation actually moving out of the writers' room at this point in time.

Considering how much time will also be needed in post-production with special effects needed to bring the sci-fi story to life, I personally don't see Mass Effect releasing before 2028 at the earliest. This time frame also makes sense when we remember that the team working on Fallout will also be on Mass Effect.

Fallout season 3 is looking at a 2027 release window, so I doubt we will get Mass Effect before then. However, these are just my own speculative thoughts for now; I'll keep you posted as soon as I hear more.

Mass Effect TV show plot details: Will it adapt the games?

The Mass Effect TV show won't be a straight adaptation of the iconic video games; instead, we are getting a fresh story that takes place after the original trilogy. And personally, I have mixed feelings about that fact.

If you haven't played Mass Effect before, the game trilogy follows the human Spectre Commander Shepard, who has to stop a deadly synthetic race called the Reapers, who are hell-bent on erasing all organic life from the galaxy in a mass extinction event. In typical RPG fashion, your choices dictate how certain chains of events unfold, as well as what ending you ultimately see as well.

In a 2025 blog post by Mass Effect boss Mike Gamble, this plot direction was discussed: "The writers' room is going strong, and we’ve got a lot figured out about how it fits within the Mass Effect canon, and where it sits in respect to the new game," he writes. "The show will explore a brand-new story within the universe’s timeline, and will be set after the original trilogy. It won’t be a retread of Commander Shepard’s story – because after all … that’s YOUR story, isn’t it?"

We all know that since this post, the new game (aka Mass Effect 5) has now sadly been canceled due to EA's closure of BioWare; however, it does seem like the fact that the show is not telling Commander Shepard's story is still very much the plan. On one hand, this is a safe bet for RPG adaptations, considering players' choices created different canon endings and story paths. Amazon's Fallout series, for example, is brilliant and didn't follow a set story from the games; instead, it built a new plot set in the universe, and it worked masterfully.

However, the original Mass Effect trilogy has one of the best overarching storylines in gaming history: the high stakes of "the end of the galaxy and all organic life" if Shepard fails is the gut-punching action you want to see rather than the aftermath. Hopefully the new series manages to create a plot as action-packed and serious as the original trilogy, and I'm very much keeping an eye out for every new story-related update to see what direction it looks like the show is heading in. Watch this space!

Who is working on the Mass Effect TV show?

There are a lot of big names working on Amazon's Mass Effect TV series behind the scenes. Firstly, in terms of writers, we have Fast & Furious 9 scribe Daniel Casey on board. Star Trek: Beyond and Mindhunter writer Doug Jung is also set to join the production as a showrunner.

Looking at producers, Mass Effect boss Mike Gamble is executive producing the adaptation, along with the likes of former Marvel Studios producer Ari Arad and Karim Zreik. Basically, we have some big heavyweights who are seasoned professionals in creating popular franchises.

There is some more good news on the crew front, as Casey revealed via social media that the team who worked on Amazon's Fallout TV series will be on board to help bring the Mass Effect series to life.

Considering Fallout season 3 is looking to premiere in 2027, this also backs up my thoughts that Mass Effect won't be with us until 2028 at the earliest. However, I'm willing to wait if it means that the team who brought New Vegas to life will be in charge of giving us the likes of a Reaper-attacked Eden Prime as well.

Mass Effect TV show cast speculation

So far, no cast list has been shared, which makes sense considering we aren't in the production phase yet. However, a few stars have already expressed interest in the series in the past, so maybe they are in Amazon's sights.

Back in 2021, we did ask Henry Cavill if he would be interested in the Mass Effect series back when it was first announced. Cavill expressed his love for the games as well as his willingness to be part of the project. He is now on board working on Amazon's Warhammer series, but who knows, maybe he will swing by the Citadel in the future as well.

I'll keep an eye out for any more casting rumors and announcements. If production does pick up after the release of Fallout season 3 in 2027, as I suspect, we should be getting news on actors joining the Mass Effect fold very soon.

If you want more RPG goodness while you wait for Mass Effect, check out our list of the best BioWare games of all time. Or look ahead with our roundup of all the upcoming video game movies on the way next.

WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer is bringing Stargate back to TV – but fans of the beloved sci-fi aren't best pleased.

Details are scarce at the moment, but, per Variety, Schaeffer is developing the project for Amazon MGM and a writers' room is thought to be opening sometime soon. Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell are set to executive produce.

However, this isn't the first time a new Stargate show has been mooted. A separate project from Martin Gero, who worked on Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, and Stargate: Universe, was scrapped in June of this year. Harold and Tunnell were also set to executive produce that show, and, according to another report from Variety, it was axed because of concerns from Amazon executives that the show wouldn't appeal to an audience beyond the pre-existing fans.

Unsurprisingly, the Stargate community isn't taking the fresh news all that well. "Yeah we had a new series…. and it got shit canned. I'm very hesitant to get excited about a non-Gero project," said one fan on Reddit, adding in an edit: "Don't get me wrong I hope it's an amazing series and wins awards and such. However, since they canceled one project from a show veteran. I expect nothing less than an 11/10 show out the gate."

"I'll believe it when I see production images… Been led down this pass before," says another fan. "Won't believe it until they're filming. And even then, I'll be skeptical," says someone else.

"Let me guess, it's gonna be a completely new and different take on the franchise to attract a young new audience that will fail to attract anyone and will be cancelled after 2 seasons max," predicts another fan.

"I really want the show back, but now I am pretty hesitant about how it will turn out. With the way streaming goes these days, I feel like we would just get one season and then get canceled," guesses someone else.

It's not all doom and gloom, however. "I know everyone is upset about the Gero situation and think this means they will go for a full reboot, but I'd like to stay optimistic," says someone else. "This is the showrunner that made a show set in the MCU, did not ignore or contradict anything that happened before, that was fully accessible for viewers unfamiliar with the MCU. For the people familiar with MCU the show even had references and cameos from the rest of the MCU. Who's to say they can't do the same with Stargate? Just replace the MCU with Stargate SG-1/Atlantis in the paragraph above."

"WandaVision and Agatha [All Along] were spectacularly good. At least they didn't dump Marty for some hack," says another person.

We'll just have to wait and see how Schaeffer's Stargate turns out, as, at the moment, it's far too early for any concrete details.

Next up for Marvel is VisionQuest, which will complete the trilogy started by WandaVision and continued by Agatha All Along – though Terry Matalas has taken over as showrunner.

The first two episodes arrive on October 14. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

The new trailer for Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 is out, exploring the world 50 years after Blade Runner 2049, and things look bad for us humans, folks. Like, really bad.

After a war between replicants and humanity left us as the losing side, the world is now dominated by the victors. Now free from their former masters, replicants are changing the world for the better, but in doing so, questioning their own existence and whether it has the potential to reach a godlike status.

One thing that could interrupt that discovery is Cora (Hunter Schafer), one of the last remaining humans, posing as a Blade Runner and being closely monitored by Michelle Yeoh's Olwen, who is in the last week of her life. It’s too bad she won’t live, but then again, who does?

At NYCC this weekend, showrunner Silka Luisa discussed the new show's connection to the original film (via Rotten Tomatoes). “The first film, something I loved about it, was that it was looking at mortality on a micro level. Roy Batty and the other replicants were fighting for more life. This show asks the same question but on a macro level. Mankind, what happens when we realize our time is running out, and are we going to accept that loss? Can we hold onto our humanity during it?”

We’ll have to see how things pan out for us when Blade Runner 2099 arrives on Prime Video on November 25. Check out our guide to the best shows on Prime Video in 2026 here.

If someone asks me about the best Star Wars collectibles, I always point them toward Hasbro's Black Series range. No matter whether it's absurdly detailed action figures, or lightsaber replicas, I've got no problem with singing their praises. However, I think the Black Series helmets are some of the best merch from a galaxy far, far away - period.

Besides looking like the spitting image of their on-screen counterpart, these props are incredibly well made. Actually, they look as though they've been stolen from a movie set or the Lucasfilm archive. These Star Wars collectibles don't have a collector's edition price, though... especially not with Prime Day throwing around discounts like blaster fire.

The sales event has slashed the cost of many Star Wars Black Series helmets, and while not all of the savings are worthwhile, plenty took me aback. That's why I've gathered up the best and most eye-catching offers here.

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Thought the Blade Runner timeline was as simple as two movies and an anime TV series? Think again! The world that started in Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and was adapted to the screen by Ridley Scott in 1982's Blade Runner, has expanded to include a whole lot more than just that. For starters, there are comics, games, live-action shorts, and the upcoming Amazon series Blade Runner 2099. Then there are non-canon books, VR adventures, and even a tabletop role-playing game.

Before we unspool the Blade Runner timeline below, it’s worth noting a few things. First, we will focus primarily on the franchise's on-screen outings, along with the major comic-book stories released by Titan Comics and Alcon Publishing (Alcon Entertainment being the franchise's proprietors).

We've decided to leave out the Alcon-licensed video game from 1997 (it has multiple endings; characters can be both human and replicants), two of the minor VR games, as well as the tabletop game and original book sequels – written by K.W. Jeter and released in the '90s and '00s, as these no longer fit with modern canon. They are moments lost in time. Like tears in the rain…

Blade Runner Timeline: Release Date Order

• Blade Runner (Film) – 1982
• 2036: Nexus Dawn (Live-Action Short) – 2017
• 2048: Nowhere to Run (Live-Action Short) – 2017
• Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (Anime Short) – 2017
• Blade Runner 2049 (Film) – 2017
• Blade Runner: Revelations (Daydream VR Game) – 2018
• Blade Runner 2019 (Comic) – 2019-20
• Blade Runner 2029 (Comic) – 2020-22
• Blade Runner Origins (Comic) – 2021-22
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Anime Series) – 2021-22
• Blade Runner 2039 (Comic) – 2022-24
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Leaving L.A. & Las Vegas (Comic) – 2022-26
• Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus (Comic) – 2024-ongoing
• Blade Runner 2099 (TV Show) – 2026

Blade Runner Timeline: Chronological Order

2009 – Blade Runner Origins (Comic)

Release date: 2021-22

As the title implies, Blade Runner: Origins tells the story of the very first Blade Runner, AKA the guys who hunt down rogue replicants – replicants being bioengineered humans, indistinguishable from normal people except they can be extremely strong and intelligent.

Cal Moreaux is an LAPD detective tasked with investigating the apparent suicide of Lydia Kine, a scientist working for the Tyrell Corporation, the company best known for selling the enhanced humanoid slaves known as replicants.

Across Origins' 12-issue run, Cal becomes caught up in an emerging replicant uprising and discovers an unsettling link between his investigation and his own sister, Nia. It's a surprising, twisty story that ultimately leads to the formation of the Blade Runner division, with Cal as its first member. Cal also later appears in Blade Runner 2039.

2015 – Blade Runner: Tokyo Nexus (Comic)

Release date: 2024-ongoing

The first Blade Runner story set in Asia, Tokyo Nexus focuses primarily on the human Mead and her best friend, the replicant Stix, two survivors of a doomed off-world military mission. Back on Earth and now working as unlicensed private detectives, they juggle a missing persons case with searching for the person who betrayed their squad. Their investigation soon sees the duo embroiled in a patent war between multiple Yakuza clans, the Tyrell Corporation, and Cheshire, a company developing bootleg replicants.

Two volumes of Tokyo Nexus have been released so far – Die in Peace and To Lose is to Win – with a third, Die With Honor, starting November 4, 2026.

2019 – Blade Runner (Film)

Release date: 1982

One of the greatest science fiction movies of all time, Ridley Scott's movie set the tone for everything that followed in the Blade Runner universe. It centers on Rick Deckard (famously played by Harrison Ford), a Blade Runner tasked with hunting down four advanced replicants, led by Roy Batty, who have illegally returned to Earth hoping to extend their deliberately short four-year lifespans by forcing Eldon Tyrell – founder of the pesky Tyrell Corporation – to help them.

During the investigation, Deckard's replicant-hunting skills are tested by Tyrell, who makes Deckard do a Voight-Kampff empathy test on Rachael, a replicant who believes she's human. But, twist! They end up falling in love. Meanwhile, Batty eventually gets to Tyrell, who cannot help Batty, leading to the replicant crushing Tyrell's head. With his life reaching its inevitable end, Batty delivers the famous "tears in the rain" monologue.

For anyone revisiting this classic, make sure to watch the Final Cut, as its ending is Scott's preferred one and leaves us with the eternal question: is Deckard actually a replicant?

Bonus! The 1997 point-and-click adventure, also titled Blade Runner, takes place concurrently with the movie and tells the story of Ray McCoy, an officer charged with hunting down a group of replicants who murder animals. This is a huge crime, as nearly all animals are extinct in the world of Blade Runner.

McCoy interacts with a couple of characters from the movie, including cameos from Sean Young's Rachael and Joe Turkel's Dr. Eldon Tyrell, voiced by the original cast. Deckard also makes an appearance, though he's seen and not heard. There are 13 different endings, depending on actions in the game, with McCoy potentially being either a replicant or human.

2019 – Blade Runner 2019 (Comic)

Release date: 2019-20

Blade Runner 2019 is the first instalment in a trilogy of comics focusing on Aahna 'Ash' Ashina, the first female Blade Runner. She's hired by wealthy industrialist Alexander Selwyn to find his missing wife, Isobel, and young daughter, Cleo, with the investigation eventually taking Ash from the streets of Los Angeles to the off-world colonies.

Things become complicated when Ash discovers Isobel is actually a replicant copy of Cleo's mother. The case forces Ash to question her attitude towards replicants, beginning a story that continues ten years later in Blade Runner 2029 and concludes with Blade Runner 2039.

2022 – Blade Runner Black Out 2022 (Anime Short)

Release date: 2017

Released shortly before Blade Runner 2049 as a way to tee up the long-awaited sequel, Black Out 2022 is a 15-minute anime directed by Cowboy Bebop creator Shinichirō Watanabe. Replicants no longer have four-year lifespans, which, in turn, leads to growing anti-replicant sentiment and the creation of a database identifying every replicant on Earth.

Two replicants, Iggy Cygnus and Trixie, along with human sympathiser Ren Dus, decide to destroy that database by detonating a nuclear warhead above Los Angeles, creating an electromagnetic pulse capable of wiping out all electronic records across the West Coast. Their plan succeeds (though Trixie dies), and the resulting blackout becomes one of the defining events in Blade Runner history: replicant production becomes prohibited, huge amounts of data are lost, and the Tyrell Corporation collapses, its assets eventually bought by the Wallace Corporation, who we'll be hearing a lot more from…

2023 – Blade Runner: Revelations (Daydream VR Game)

Release date: 2018

There are, in fact, three VR games set in the Blade Runner universe, but the other two are relatively inconsequential tie-ins to Blade Runner 2049; Revelations is a little more substantial. It follows Harper, a veteran Blade Runner investigating the increasingly violent conflict between humans and replicants. The Replicant Underground – a group fighting for replicant rights – has gone on the offensive, while Blade Runners have been ordered to hunt down its members and allies. This is also when the new law is proposed, banning the manufacture of replicants altogether.

Harper's investigation leads him to Night Owl, a secret viral pathogen developed by Eldon Tyrell, designed as a failsafe that could wipe out all replicants, should they take over. The story branches depending on the player's decisions, eventually allowing Harper to either side with the authorities or help the Replicant Underground. Even with multiple endings, though, the VR game explores a lot of seriously important lore – it wouldn't be a surprise if the replicant-killing Night Owl reappeared at some point in the future.

2029 – Blade Runner 2029 (Comic)

Release date: 2020-22

The second part of Ash's trilogy finds the Blade Runner no longer exclusively hunting replicants but secretly helping them escape captivity, too. Things get complicated when Ash encounters Yotun, an older replicant version who survived far beyond his intended four-year lifespan by taking blood transfusions from other replicants. He seeks to extend his life further by discovering the secret to longer life that he – like Roy Batty – believes Eldon Tyrell was hiding. Yotun is also gathering other replicants around him and launches an uprising against their human oppressors.

Eventually, Ash's double life as Blade Runner and replicant-sympathiser is discovered, while Yotun learns that Tyrell’s supposed secret is not the answer to immortality he hoped for. The story also features Freysa, Ash's replicant lover and leader of the Replicant Underground, a group demanding replicants get equal rights. An older Freysa, who has one eye, is played by Hiam Abbass in Blade Runner 2049.

2032 – Blade Runner: Black Lotus (Anime Series)

Release date: 2021–22

This Crunchyroll/Adult Swim collaboration follows Elle, an amnesiac woman with deadly fighting skills, a black lotus tattoo, and a desire to remember who she was. She soon discovers that she's actually a replicant previously hunted for sport by humans, and sets out to get revenge on those who wronged her.

Elle finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy involving the Wallace Corporation, the replicant-creating successor to the Tyrell Corporation. Turns out, she was actually created by Niander Wallace Jr. (later played by Jared Leto on screen) to assassinate his father, Niander Wallace Sr., after plans are put in motion to sell the company's replicant-making facilities, as these have become redundant following the replicant production ban. Wallace Jr. can't let that happen; he wants to create a new generation of replicants that can one day replace humanity. Elle eventually kills Wallace Sr., and later blinds Wallace Jr.

2032 – Blade Runner: Black Lotus: Leaving L.A. & Las Vegas (Comic)

Release dates: 2022-26

Elle's story continues in two comic-book sequels to Black Lotus. Leaving L.A. picks up immediately after the anime, with Elle fleeing Los Angeles on a homemade Spinner-bike as she's still wanted for murder by the LAPD. Her journey takes her to a remote industrial community, where she becomes caught up in a conflict between rival factions.

Las Vegas continues Elle's story as she travels to the irradiated ruins of Sin City, which was abandoned following the detonation of a dirty bomb. There, she discovers communities of former casino replicants who have created their own strange society based around ancient Egyptian and Roman royalty. Unfortunately for Elle, Niander Wallace Jr. is out for revenge and sends a squad of mercenaries after her. Elle ultimately escapes and ventures beneath Las Vegas, where she discovers an underground community of replicants who welcome her into their ranks.

Bonus! The game Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth was set one year after the events of Black Lotus, and would have dealt with the fallout of the blackout. Annapurna Interactive was developing the game, and a trailer was released in 2023. However, it has been canceled.

2036 – 2036: Nexus Dawn (Live-Action Short)

Release date: 2017

For a six-minute short (directed by Luke Scott, son of Ridley), 2036: Nexus Dawn packs a lot in. A blinded Niander Wallace Jr. (Jared Leto) attempts to overturn the prohibition on replicant production. Appearing before a group of lawmakers, Wallace argues that humanity needs replicant labour to survive and expand beyond Earth, and introduces his latest creation: the next evolution of the replicant, designed to obey humans completely. Wallace demonstrates this by ordering one to choose between Wallace's life and its own; the replicant cuts its own throat. The demonstration helps pave the way for the return of legal replicant production.

Bonus! Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game, the tabletop game, takes place in 2037 and begins shortly after Wallace's new replicant models have gone public, giving players the choice of being either human or replicant Blade Runners. There are a few story-based case files, which center mainly around the Wallace Corporation's replicant-making antics.

2039 – Blade Runner 2039 (Comic)

Release date: 2022-24

The final part of Ash's trilogy. Cleo Selwyn returns to Los Angeles in search of the replicant copy of her dead mother, Isobel. Cleo turns to an ageing Ash for help, but their search puts them in the sights of Niander Wallace, who believes Cleo's family may hold the key to replicant fertility.

Wallace sends the advanced replicant Luv (later played by Sylvia Hoeks in Blade Runner 2049) after Cleo. Ash eventually gets her hands on the research conducted by Cleo’s father, Alexander Selwyn, into replicant reproduction and makes a deal with Wallace: he gets the research if he leaves Cleo and Isobel alone. He agrees: Cleo and Isobel escape off-world, while a terminally ill Ash decides to spend the rest of her days with her partner, Freysa.

2048 – 2048: Nowhere to Run (Live-Action Short)

Release date: 2017

The second live-action prequel short to Blade Runner 2049, again directed by Luke Scott, Nowhere to Run focuses on Sapper Morton, played by Dave Bautista. He makes a living selling the leeches he farms and befriends a young girl named Ella while on a trip to town.

Things go wrong when Sapper saves Ella and her mother from a group of thugs, brutally killing several of them and, in the process, revealing his superhuman strength – and that he's a replicant. As he leaves, Sapper accidentally drops papers containing his address. These are reported to the LAPD, directly setting up Blade Runner 2049's opening sequence.

2049 – Blade Runner 2049 (Film)

Release date: 2017

The long-awaited sequel. Denis Villeneuve's modern masterpiece follows K (Ryan Gosling), an advanced replicant, working as a Blade Runner, hunting down older, non-obedient replicants. While retiring Bautista's Sapper, K discovers the remains of a female replicant who died giving birth – something previously thought impossible. That replicant turns out to be Rachael, who had a child with Rick Deckard after the events of the original movie.

K is ordered to find and kill the child, yet Niander Wallace Jr. wants the child for very different reasons; his replicant creations are still unable to reproduce, and he believes discovering how Rachael became pregnant could allow him to manufacture replicants on the scale needed to expand humanity throughout the stars.

The investigation leads K to Harrison Ford's ageing Deckard, who has spent decades in hiding. Eventually, Deckard's child is found: Dr. Ana Stelline, a memory designer whose own childhood memories were implanted into K. After killing Wallace's replicant enforcer Luv, a mortally wounded K reunites Deckard with his daughter.

2099 – Blade Runner 2099 (TV Show)

Release date: November 25, 2026

Amazon's upcoming limited series takes us 50 years into the future – a period so far completely unexplored. In those intervening years, replicants have usurped humans after some sort of war, the story picking up with Hunter Schafer's Cora, a human pretending to be a replicant. She teams up with Michelle Yeoh's Olwen, a replicant Blade Runner coming to the end of her life, to hunt down a group of rogue replicants.

That's about all we know about the series, created by Silka Luisa, the showrunner behind Apple's Shining Girls. All eight episodes are releasing in one batch, so expect the Blade Runner timeline to be rocked come November.

Find out more about Blade Runner 2099 during the New York Comic Con panel on Saturday, October 10 at 6:45pm ET (3.45pm PT and 11:45pm BST).

We've also got a guide to all the upcoming TV shows you need to know about.

Fallout season 3 is slated to hit Prime Video next spring or summer, says star Kyle MacLachlan.

"We're still shooting away," MacLachlan told a fan during a signing for his new memoir. "We've got about a month or so to go... and then probably come out maybe May or June."

The third (and hopefully not final) season of the hit Prime Video show started filming in May 2026, five or so months after season 2's December-January run. There hasn't been much news in the meantime, aside from Aaron Paul (who spoke out several times about his desire to appear on the show) being added to the cast. Paul joins the newly promoted Annabel O’Hagan and Dave Register, who play Vault dwellers Steph and Chet, respectively.

We weren't sure of Hank's fate after the season 2 finale, so we're glad MacLachlan confirmed that he will indeed be back. In what capacity...we're not sure. Now that his mind has essentially been erased, his character could go in any direction. We do think, however, that we'll see a lot more flashbacks from before the bombs dropped (especially now that we know how his character is connected to Steph).

The new season also partially takes place in Colorado, which is a location that has not yet been visited in the games. I'm ready to see some mutated moose.

Fallout season 2 is streaming now on Prime Video. For more on what to watch, check out our list of all of the new TV shows still to come in 2026 and beyond.

BBC boss Matt Brittin has shared his thoughts on AI – and revealed he's been sent an AI-generated episode of Doctor Who.

"Everyone’s got the ability in their hands – or six billion people have – to create content at the standard of a Hollywood studio," Brittin shared at the Royal Television Society conference, as reported by Variety.

"Somebody sent me a 50-minute episode of Doctor Who that was AI-generated the other day. It's pretty good," he added. "I mean, it's not going to replace humans, and we'll come on to that. So everyone's a creator. Not all the creativity is bad."

The future of Doctor Who is currently uncertain. Ncuti Gatwa left the show after just two seasons, and a cliffhanger ending that saw the Doctor regenerate into Billie Piper now seems unlikely to ever be resolved after it was revealed the planned Christmas special will not be happening and showrunner Russell T Davies has exited the show. The BBC is also putting Doctor Who out to tender.

"This decision was not taken lightly, and we know it will be disappointing for fans, but in order to set the show up for future series, it was decided that rather than bridge the gap with a one off special, we are choosing to push forward to invest in the long-term future of the show which ensures that when the TARDIS lands once more, it does so in all its glory," the BBC said in a statement.

While you wait for more Doctor Who, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming TV shows to fill out your watchlist.

After the first season hinted at the Mortis gods being a major part of the story, Ahsoka season 2 will indeed feature the Force beings.

"It's definitely a thing," Filoni confirmed of the gods factoring into season 2 to Empire magazine.

Ahsoka season 1 ended with Baylan Skoll standing on a statue of the Father, which was pointing into the distance. Then, the first trailer for season 2 teased Baylan seeking a great power, presumably tied to these gods.

"What we're dealing with is: are you going to believe in this, or not? And what is the danger if it's real? And how are you going to prioritise your goals here?" Filoni explained. "What would a Jedi do, versus what would a regular person do? Those things come up through the course of the season."

The trio was introduced in The Clone Wars and represents different aspects of the Force. The Daughter is the light side, the Son is the dark side, and the Father is the balance. The Father wanted Anakin Skywalker, as the Chosen One, to take his place – however, Anakin refused.

This wasn't the end of the Mortis arc, though, as Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka Tano were put through their paces by the gods. It's a complex storyline that ends with the gods all dead: the Son kills the Daughter, and then the Father kills himself to weaken the Son enough for Anakin to kill the dark sider. Even more importantly, though, is that Ahsoka is killed by the Son, then revived by Anakin with help from the Daughter. You can read a full breakdown of the events of the Mortis arc in our World Between Worlds explainer.

"It's a challenge, I can tell you," Filoni shared of bringing the Mortis gods and the World Between Worlds from animation to live-action. "It was so surprising when George [Lucas] created these archetype god characters. What were we examining there in Clone Wars? What was the metaphor? A lot of it is about power, and what you do with power, and how you wield power. For a Jedi, I think it's a natural story path to get into these questions."

Ahsoka season 2 will feature the return of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker, along with Admiral Ackbar facing off against Grand Admiral Thrawn, and Ezra Bridger back in action in the main galaxy.

It arrives on Disney Plus on January 20. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

After plenty of speculation, HBO boss Casey Bloys may have just confirmed that The Last of Us will end after season 3.

"I think [showrunner] Craig [Mazin] has planned it as the final season," Bloys told Deadline, when asked to confirm whether or not it would be the final season.

Last year, composer Jake Staley told the The Last of Us: Savage Starlight podcastthat "there’ll be at least two more seasons, no question" after HBO announced season 3. Keep in mind that season 1 told the story of The Last of Us video game over nine hour-long episodes, with season 2 telling just one half of The Last of Us Part 2. The first half of Part 2 tells Ellie's side of the story, with the second half focusing on Abby – which is what season 3 will do. A fourth season would make a lot of sense, as the final part of the game takes place sometime later and showcases Ellie's life with Dina before she and Abby have their big final fight.

As someone who has played their way through both games, I definitely believe that Abby's story deserves its own dedicated season (since that's the way they chose to break it up. They could've done an every-other-episode perspective switch instead, but alas). That being said, it's possible that the last part of the game will be crammed into a big epic series finale... but we'll just have to wait and see.

The Last of Us season 3 is expected to premiere on HBO in 2027. For more, check out our guide to the best shows on HBO Max, and keep up with new TV shows on the way.

Pluribus season 2 might not be completely written yet, but Vince Gilligan has given a very positive update on its progress.

"It took us a while, we figured it out, but season 2 is not technically all written," he shared at the Emmys (via Deadline). "We've broken it out, which is the hard part. In other words, the plot of all episodes [is figured out]. The first and second are written.

"The rest of them are in various stages of being written, but we know what the whole season is, and we will share it soon with Rhea [Seehorn]," he continued. "Sometimes the actors like Karolina [Wydra] and Samba [Schutte], sometimes they don't necessarily want to know. They kind of want to be surprised, which I kind of like that."

Pluribus started airing in November 2025 and quickly took the internet by storm. "I didn't see it coming, but it makes sense to me that it would strike a particular chord – maybe a lot of us really did want to have some of these big, philosophical questions and weren't sure where to funnel it," Seehorn told us back in December 2025. "It's been gratifying and thrilling to see people talk about the show in that kind of way."

Seehorn picked up the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, while Gilligan took home the gold for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.

Pluribus is streaming on Apple TV now. For more, check out our guide to the best shows on Apple TV to fill out your watchlist.

Star Wars actor Adria Arjona almost played a very different role in the galaxy far, far away. The Andor star was almost cast as Qi'ra in Solo: A Star Wars movie before the role went to Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke.

Speaking about the experience on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor revealed she tested for the part with the film's original directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, alongside Han Solo star Alden Ehrenreich.

"I was with Alden and Phil and Chris were there," she recalled. "I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my life. They put you in a suit and my biggest dream ever was to be in a Star Wars movie. I hadn't necessarily seen a Latin American woman like myself in Star Wars. It almost felt like I had to break that wall or at least somebody else, another Latin American, should break that wall and I would always root for them. But to me testing, it's like 'Oh my God, it's gonna be me.'"

The part ultimately went to Clarke, which Arjona says she has no hard feelings about. "I just wanted to be in Star Wars and the fact that I had the opportunity to be a leading character in a Star Wars movie was like, 'Wow this would be insane,'" she continued. "I didn't think too much of it. Then Emilia got it and she's probably one of the best actresses out there, she's amazing."

It was lucky too that she didn't end up getting the role as she went on to star as Bix Caleen in Andor. Andor ran for two seasons and is widely considered one of the best Star Wars shows ever made, while Solo got decidedly mixed reviews when it was released.

"I'm so thankful I didn't get it because then I wouldn't have been in Andor and Bix is the only character I've tattooed on my body," Arjona added.

The actor is soon making the switch from space to superheroes in the upcoming DC movie Man of Tomorrow. She'll be starring in an unknown role in the Superman follow-up, but it is widely rumored that she'll be playing Wonder Woman.

For more from a galaxy far, far away, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars shows and movies.

The first trailer for Silo season 4 has arrived, and the final season of the hit Apple TV Plus show is coming sooner than you'd think.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we see one of the most important moments of the entire series: Juliette suddenly runs into a strange man, and demands that he reveal his identity. The man, who doesn't seem to remember much of anything, is none other than Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman), one of the most important figures in Silo 1. Season 3 introduced dual timelines, one before the world ended and one with modern society living in the silos, with Keene now in the present-day timeline after several extended stints in cryosleep.

The trailer also sees Paul Billings broadcast the truth to all the citizens of Silo 18: "We are not alone. There are other silos out there."

The hit sci-fi series is based on the trilogy of the same name by author Graham Yost, with each season adapting each book (Wool, Shift, and Dust). The final book, Dust, will be told over seasons 3 and 4.

Silo season 3 just aired its final episode, and we won't hit you with a whole mess of spoilers... but let's just say that season 4 is definitely going to be an explosive one.

Silo season 3 is streaming now in its entirety on Apple TV. For more, check out our Silo season 3 ending explained, and keep up with new TV shows on the way.

As Silo season 3 comes to an end on Apple TV, one fan has spotted a major clue that may reveal how many silos are remaining.

"Look how few remaining silos there are!" said the fan on Twitter, posting a still from the show where just 7 silos are lit up on a diagram, making it seem like they are the only silos still active. "It looks like They've probably activated the Safeguard in all the non-lit-up silos," continued the fan. Check out the post below.

It looks like the silos that are lit up are 42, 31, 44, 1, 18, 19, and 14. "That’s 7 silos out of 50 that are lit up. Hopefully, that’s not the case that they’ve been safeguarded," replied one fan, and another added, "It's possible they lied about all the silos being ready."

In Silo lore, the network of silos actually consists of 51 stations, including silo 1, which is treated as the central control hub. However, in the show, it looks like there are only 50 in total. Nevertheless, as the show has progressed, we've learnt that multiple silos have been reset or safeguarded, with everyone inside killed following rebellions.

We already know that Silo 17 was destroyed due to a civil uprising breaking out inside the station. The population was wiped out by Silo 1 when they exited their Silo. This happened 35 years before the main events of the show, but a handful of people did manage to survive, as Juliette later meets Solo and other Silo 17 descendants in season 2. However, with over 300 years of events to cover, it's not exactly clear what could have happened to the others.

Others think that the diagram is actually showing silos that are under investigation, as the list does not include Silo 17. "I think it might be the other way around just because of them stressing so much about cross-contamination," replied one fan.

Silo season 3 has just wrapped on Apple TV, and sees Silo 18 survive their Safeguard (barely), with some major reveals about the nature of the Silo Project. Juliette is now hell-bent on directing that offensive system at Silo 1 in season 4, which will conclude the sci-fi series. Silo season 4 has wrapped filming and is targeting a summer 2027 release date.

Silo season 3 is streaming now on Apple TV. For more, check out our Silo season 3 ending explained, and keep up with new TV shows on the way.

Silo season 3 has come to an explosive end, featuring some huge revelations for both the upcoming fourth season and everything that has happened so far. Titled 'Troy', the final episode finally merges the shows two storylines, featuring a huge reveal about how they connect.

We won't get into too many spoiler-heavy details here (you can read our Silo season 3 ending explained for more on that), but the finale has already caused a lot of buzz from fans of the show. Taking to social media, people have been calling the conclusion everything "truly incredible" to a satisfying "pay-off".

"If you’ve been watching Silo for the last 3 years this finale is really such a payoff lol incredible way to tell a story," one wrote, while another added: "That Season 3 finale flipped the whole show upside down. Can’t wrap my head around why the Founder would establish this whole thing and then…#Silo is phenomenal. Might be my favorite sci-fi series of all time."

"This episode might have been one of the greatest tv episodes in history… I haven’t had this much exposition thrown at me ever before in a single episode," tweeted another. "My jaw is on the floor, not even a Severance ep has gagged me like this, my GOD."

Check out some more reactions below.

Silo season 4 is already confirmed, and a trailer for the show aired at the end of the season 3 finale. While we don't have a release date beyond "summer 2027" at the moment, filming is already wrapped.

For more, check out our guides to the best Apple TV shows to stream right now. We've also got everything you need to know about new TV shows coming in 2026.

Silo season 4 is on the way, and there's not long to wait. The Apple TV sci-fi hit is returning for its fourth and final season in just one year, when (we hope) all our questions will finally be answered.

After that mind-bending Silo season 3 ending, you're probably wondering what's next. We've unearthed the evidence and pieced together the clues to bring you everything there is to know about Silo season 4, including the confirmed release date, plot speculation, info on returning cast members, and when we might expect a trailer.

So, like the denizens of Silo 18, it's time to head below for all the need-to-know info about one of the most exciting new TV shows on the calendar. But beware: full Silo season 3 spoilers follow, so don't read until you're caught up.

Silo season 4 release date

Apple has officially confirmed that Silo season 4 will release on July 9, 2027, after previously indicating that the final season would drop Summer 2027.

In modern TV terms, where waits between seasons commonly last 2-3 years, that's a relatively quick turnaround. This is possible because seasons 3 and 4 were shot back-to-back. Filming on the fourth and final season wrapped on March 6, 2026. During the Silo panel at SDCC 2026, Apple put out a short teaser confirming the Silo season 4 release window. Check it out below.

Silo season 4 plot speculation

Note: this speculation doesn't contain book spoilers.

The Silo season 3 finale sets up a clear mission statement for the final season: Silo 18 is taking the fight to Silo 1. Given the two factions are literally siloed off from each other, and Silo 1's massive intelligence and technological advantage, it's hard to know what plan Juliette and co. could cook up to take down Silo 1. But having prevented a safeguard and with Camille now on their side, we wouldn't count Silo 18 out.

From the Silo season 4 trailer, we know we'll be getting further flashbacks as well. While the season 3 finale takes Troy (aka Daniel) up to the present day, we're none the wiser about what happened to several characters after they went into the silos, including Helen and Per Stenson. And we don't see Susan (aka. Charlotte) or Rosalind again following the 35-year time jump. The season 4 trailer confirms we'll be catching up with these characters in the next season.

Above all, we can expect answers. Showrunner Graham Yost has explicitly confirmed as much, telling Collider: "There are mysteries every season, and pretty much all the mysteries are answered by the end of Season 4. We wanted to make sure that we answered enough by the end of Season 3 that the audience didn't feel like they were being strung along."

Season 3 certainly answered some big questions. We now know that Silo 18 wasn't being monitored by an omniscient Algorithm, but the very human people in Silo 1, who have dedicated their lives (willingly or not) to enforcing the Directive in the belief it will ensure humanity's survival. We also know that the Silos were built by trillionaire Per Stenson, in cooperation with Senator Rosalind Thurman, due to their belief that a nanobot apocalypse was inevitable. And we know it was Victor who wrote The Pact.

Much still remains a mystery, however. Who detonated the nuclear device that drove humanity underground, and was it a ruse to accelerate the start of the Silo programme? Is the entire planet a nuclear wasteland, or just the area around the Silos? Is anyone on Earth alive other than those in Silos 18 and 1, and the remnants of Silo 17? And exactly how much time has passed since humanity descended into the Silos? We only know for sure that at least 42 years have passed, as this is the amount of time that Troy spends in cryo between operations during season 3, episode 10, but in all likelihood it's been far longer than that.

In other words, expect major secrets to finally be brought into the open in Silo season 4.

Silo season 4 cast

Some major figures met their end in Silo season 3, most notably: Bernard (Tim Robbins), who was sent out to clean in episode 9, and Victor (Matt Craven), who took his own life in the season finale. We don't yet know the fates of several flashback characters, including Helen (Jessica Henwick) and Per Stenson (Colin Hanks), but we know they'll appear at least in flashback in the final season.

Of course, Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) and most of the Silo 18 crew will return. Here are the main cast members we expect to be back for Silo season 4:

• Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols
• Ashley Zukerman as Troy/Daniel Keene
• Jessica Henwick as Helen Drew
• ​​Jessica Brown Findlay as Susan/Charlotte Keene
• Common as Robert Sims
• Alexandria Riley as Camille Sims
• Chinaza Uche as Paul Billings
• Harriet Walter as Martha Walker
• Shane McRae as Knox
• Remmie Milner as Shirley
• Avi Nash as Lukas Kyle
• Rick Gomez as Patrick Kennedy
• Steve Zahn as Solo/Jimmy
• Claire Perkins as Carla
• Billy Postlethwaite as Hank
• Colin Hanks as Per Stenson
• Reed Birney as Henry
• Laura Innes as Rosalind Thurman
• Morven Christie as Anna Thurman

Is there a Silo season 4 trailer?

Yes, there is Silo season 4 trailer. After a short delay, during which the trailer was only available on Apple TV as a post-credits scene for episode 10, Apple finally dropped the full trailer online, and with it a confirmed release date.

There's much revealed in the trailer. Not only will we see what happens after Helen first enters Silo 18, it's clear that the fight between Silo 1 and Silo 18 won't be one fought in secret, as Paul reveals the truth of the Silo Project to the entire population of Silo 18. It also, tantalizingly, confirms a confrontation between Juliette and Daniel/Troy, who appears to be searching for his true identity. July 2027 can't come soon enough.

Is Silo season 4 the final season?

Yes, Silo season 4 will be the show's final season. A fourth and final season was announced in December 2024, at the same time the show was renewed for a third season.

Silo season 3 sets up a war between Silo 18 and Silo 1, so expect that to be a major focus for the final season, as long-running mysteries are finally resolved.

Silo seasons 1 -3 are streaming now on Apple TV. For more, check out our guide to the best Apple TV movies you need to add to your watchlist.

Star Wars fans think Zero Company is the perfect game for lovers of The Clone Wars and Bad Batch.

The new strategy game is set in the Clone Wars-era of the Star Wars timeline, and you play as Hawks, leader of the titular Zero Company.

"If you love Clone Wars / The Bad Batch, do yourself a favor and play Zero Company," says one fan on Reddit. "For the story and worldbuilding alone, this game is amazing. Even if you don't usually like tactical games (I personally had no experience with them) this game is clearly made as a labor of love for CW and TBB. I'm honestly having a lot of fun with the gameplay and customization too but the planets, references, lore, it's really awesome."

It seems everyone is in agreement. "It's really great so far. It's nice having an isolated story that references the larger ongoings of the galaxy. Not to mention it looks great, and the characters you create actually feel like real characters as well," says one fan.

"You can definitely feel that this game had some of the writers from the Jedi games. Their love for the Star Wars universe, particularly animation, is on full display in Zero Company. For anyone who loves the story of the clones in particular, ZC is an absolute must-play," says another person.

"100% Agree. Would love an animated TV spinoff of Zero Company," thinks another player, while another says: "I can't believe how wonderful the dialogue is in this game. The banter between characters feels so authentic to Star Wars."

"Honestly, if you love the Clone Wars era in general, play this game. One of the best stories told during the era and has callbacks to many other movies, shows, and games that take place during the Clone Wars," thinks another fan.

The game debuted to strong reviews, with our own Star Wars: Zero Company review reading: "Star Wars: Zero Company does exactly what it promises: XCOM, but in a galaxy far, far away. It might not reinvent the format like Midnight Suns, but it's a rare treat to see the tactics genre given this kind of big-budget treatment, and lightsabers only sweeten the deal."

Next up for Star Wars is Ahsoka season 2, which arrives on January 20. The new season will bring back Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker and see Admiral Ackbar go head to head with Grand Admiral Thrawn, while Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren remain stranded on Peridea.

While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else that's on the way. Star Wars: Zero Company, meanwhile, is available to play on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

The Ahsoka season 2 trailer brings with it plenty to get excited about, but – for me, anyway – the most exciting part is the return of Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalker. Anakin will be back not just in flashbacks to The Clone Wars, but also as a Force ghost watching over his old Padawan Ahsoka Tano.

Anakin's ghostly return quickly sparked discussion online, with some Star Wars fans pointing out that he seemed to be neglecting his children, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, in favor of guiding Ahsoka. "Don't you have like a son or something?" asked one fan, while another said: "You have two children who are fighting for their lives out in the galaxy. Go help them, you bum."

As much as some of the jokes were funny, I figured the reason why Anakin seemed to be spending all his afterlife time with Snips was pretty simple: Leia's aversion to her biological father has been well-established in canon novels already, while Anakin is probably visiting Luke off-screen (after all, one of the last shots in Return of the Jedi is Anakin joining Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda in watching over him). Since neither of the Skywalker twins is currently set to appear in a new Star Wars project (that we know of), the answer will have to remain speculation, and that's a symptom of a larger issue.

Darkness rises

Judging by the new trailer, Ahsoka season 2 is going to have galactic consequences. Grand Admiral Thrawn has returned with his chilling sights set on the Rebel Alliance (or, as it's actually known at this stage on the Star Wars timeline, the New Republic), and the galaxy's heroes are mobilizing to stop him. If that's the case, though, there are a couple of glaring absences: Luke and Leia themselves.

Before Thrawn's return, both of them being busy off-screen made sense. Luke – as we saw in The Book of Boba Fett – is busy trying to build his new Jedi school, while Leia surely has her hands full with the fledgling New Republic.

But it's very hard to imagine both of them would sit out a confrontation with Thrawn and the greatest Imperial threat they've seen since the Age of the Empire. Surely, these icons of the Rebellion would be on the front lines of such a struggle, alongside the likes of Hera Syndulla and Ezra Bridger. Even Admiral Ackbar is returning for a showdown with Thrawn. It's hard to imagine why Luke and Leia wouldn't step up, except for the obvious behind-the-scenes reasons that keep these characters from returning in a big way.

To the future

Luke and Leia have had a presence in Star Wars these past few years, however. Luke made a triumphant return in The Mandalorian season 2 and featured heavily in The Book of Boba Fett (where he was even revealed to know Ahsoka already), while Leia intervened in Hera's council meeting via C-3PO in Ahsoka. Luke hasn't been seen since 2021, however, and Leia hasn't been seen since the sequel trilogy. When Luke did return, it was via CGI wizardry that created a digital version of the character that looked and sounded very much like Mark Hamill (who himself was involved in the process), while similar efforts were taken to bring a younger version of the late Carrie Fisher's Leia back to the big screen in Rogue One and The Rise of Skywalker. The technology is certainly impressive, but it's hard to overlook the ethical issues that come with recreating an actor digitally, especially after their death. Then there's also the fact that, no matter how sleek the effect, something about it will always carry a hint of the uncanny valley.

There is a very simple solution to all these problems: recasting. This is something Lucasfilm seems wary of after Solo, starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo, disappointed at the box office. But if this period of the Star Wars timeline is going to continue to be explored, the absence of characters like Luke and Leia – and, indeed, Han and Chewbacca – will only seem stranger. Of course, it's much trickier when it comes to Leia after Carrie Fisher's incredibly tragic death. I have no doubt that Lucasfilm could find a respectful way forward that honors her iconic character and her memory, however.

Beyond Ahsoka season 2, we know that Dave Filoni is set to direct a film that will tie together the Disney Plus shows, which surely means the culmination of the struggle against the Imperial remnants and Thrawn. If this is truly heading towards an Heir to the Empire-style story, where the fate of the galaxy is at stake, then Luke and Leia's absence would be even more baffling. They wouldn't need to be the main characters, since this is the story of Ahsoka first and foremost, along with Sabine Wren and the rest of the Ghost crew. But they do need to be there. There's simply no real, believable reason why they wouldn't be.

So, while it makes complete sense for Anakin to be guiding his one-time Padawan from beyond (and seeing Anakin and Ahsoka together again is a true delight), the jokesters on Twitter have a point, too. If heavy hitters like Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano are still around, surely Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa should be, too. It would seem their story isn't over just yet.

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on Disney Plus on January 20, 2027. In the meantime, keep up with everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store with our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows.

Lucasfilm co-president Dave Filoni has teased what to expect from Ahsoka season 2, and it sounds like it's going to have the feeling of a classic tale.

"For me, this is a grand adventure in the sense of stories I grew up watching," Filoni told On the Red Carpet at this year's D23. "I'd say it's no short thing to say. There's maybe a little Jason and the Argonauts feeling to it."

Jason and the Argonauts refers to the fantasy adventure film released in 1963, based on the Greek myth that chronicles Jason and a band of heroes on a quest to claim the mythical Golden Fleece.

Filoni added: "The adventure is bigger and better, it's the simplest way to say it. And a big part for me, I love the people I work with in every discipline, and I'm so proud of the work they do. And I'm a firm believer that that shows up on screen, and so hopefully that's what people are feeling as well."

The first trailer for the new season debuted at this year's D23, and it shows off more Anakin Skywalker, Grand Admiral Thrawn setting his sights on restoring the Empire, and Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren exploring mysterious Peridea (read our Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown for all our theories).

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi revealed during a talk attended by GamesRadar+ at D23. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced, and we may or may not hear something about that a little later today. So, stay tuned here at D23 for Ahsoka season 2."

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on Disney Plus on January 20, 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

Marvel's Multiverse Saga is nearing its endgame with Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, but on the small screen, Apple TV sci-fi series Dark Matter is keeping the multiverse flame alight. Matt Tolmach bridges the gap between the two as a long-serving producer on Sony's Spider-Man movies and Dark Matter season 2, and has shared his thoughts on their wildly differing approaches to multiversal storytelling.

Speaking with GamesRadar+ ahead of the Apple TV panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, Tolmach, who was a producer on every Spider-Man movie between 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, touched on the key difference between Dark Matter's more "relatable" multiverse, as it compares to the MCU.

"[Dark Matter] is a very grounded universe," Tolmach says. "It's us. It's you. It's everybody. It's all of us living very normal lives. It just feels a little bit more relatable in that way. It's about normal everyday people, but the choices and the possibilities are equally grand. I just think it's a different way to explore some of those incredibly big ideas that are now being explored in the superhero universe as well."

It's a fair assessment. While comic book movie multiverse storytelling has typically focused on superpowered variants, strange new worlds, and threats to the fabric of reality itself, Dark Matter is about a normal family reckoning with exposure to a technology humanity shouldn't be messing with, and trying to find a way forward through it all. Tolmach considers this the unique appeal of the show.

"It taps into these very existential questions for the characters as they try to find each other and themselves in the middle of the influences," he says. "It asks some of the biggest questions that I believe all of us wrestle with: Who am I? What if I had another life?"

Dark Matter's 10-episode second season sees the Dessen family attempt to start a new life together following the influx of alt-universe variants into their world at the end of season 1. Showrunner Blake Crouch told us that he's "always thought of the show as a three-season story," and Tolmach is similarly committed to seeing the story through to the end.

"I want to keep making the show. It's what I do. But it's really because I don't want to say goodbye to characters," Tolmach says. "That's the hardest thing when you finish a movie or you finish a TV show; these people, these characters, become part of your reality. We all see each other every day. Both the actors, but also the characters become real in your life. And I don't want to say goodbye. I want to see where they go."

Dark Matter season 2 streams on Apple TV from August 28, with new episodes airing weekly. For more, check out our list of the best Apple TV shows and fill out your watchlist with our rundown of the most exciting new TV shows heading your way.

Dark Matter season 2 presented an entirely different challenge for the team behind the Apple TV sci-fi series. While Dark Matter's mind-bending first season stuck closely to the novel of the same name, there was no second book for season 2 to adapt, meaning no roadmap to follow. For showrunner Blake Crouch, who also wrote the original novel, this meant season 2 was "a lot harder" to make, but it also proved "totally freeing" by opening up infinite avenues to explore.

Speaking with GamesRadar+ at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, where the cast and crew of Dark Matter appeared on the Hall H stage as part of the Apple TV panel, Crouch discussed the challenge involved in forging a new path on the fly for season 2. "Well, at first it really sucked," Crouch says with a chuckle. "It made it a lot harder. But once we jumped over that initial hurdle, it was totally freeing because we weren't locked into things that the book demanded us to do. So we got to follow our fancy a little bit more and write a few episodes that would never have existed in season 1."

After being kidnapped by his own alt-reality self, Dark Matter's first season saw physicist Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton) reunite with his wife Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) and son Charlie (Oakes Fegley), and depart for a new world. Season 2 picks up with the Dessens settled into a secluded new home, but with the potential for infinite threats to emerge from the multiverse, danger is never far away.

Debuting in 2024, at a time when multiversal storytelling was all the rage thanks to the MCU and DCEU, Dark Matter offered a more cerebral and grounded alternative to the likes of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and The Flash by exploring the unpredictable consequences of opening Pandora's box, and audiences responded in kind.

"It just shows you that audiences want to be challenged," Crouch says. "The Golden Age of television started in the 2010s with The Sopranos, Mad Men, things like that, and it was in the drama space. I think sci-fi is now catching up and meeting it, finally, which is so exciting. And I think audiences are ready for it."

As for the uncharted future, Crouch reaffirms his three-season plan for Dark Matter, suggesting more excursions through superposition could lie ahead for the Dessens and their multiverse-traversing, quantum-entangled cohort. "We always thought of the show as a three-season story," Crouch confirms. "It'll be up to the powers that be and the fans to let us finish that story, but it's always been considered a three-season arc."

Dark Matter season 2 streams on Apple TV from August 28, with new episodes airing weekly. For more, check out our list of the best Apple TV shows and fill out your watchlist with our rundown of the most exciting new TV shows heading your way.

The first trailer for Ahsoka season 2 introduces a mysterious Jedi fought by Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano – and one theory links him to a mystical Clone Wars character.

In the trailer, Anakin and Ahsoka fight a man who appears to be a Jedi, in a flashback to the Clone Wars-era on the Star Wars timeline. The man has a triple bladed green lightsaber, as well as some enigmatic makeup on his face.

As Star Wars Holocron points out, the markings look very similar to those of the Son, one of the Force gods introduced in The Clone Wars's Mortis arc.

Now, if you're unfamiliar with that particular storyline, we'll give you a brief overview – though it's a fairly lore-heavy arc. In the episodes, Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan Kenobi end up on a strange planet populated by three Force gods. These are the Daughter, who represents the light side, the Son, who represents the dark side, and the Father, who represents the balance.

Throughout the twists and turns of the storyline, Ahsoka ends up being killed by the Son, then resurrected by the Daughter, who in turn kills the Daughter. The Father – who wants Anakin, as the Chosen One, to take his place (he says no) – kills himself, which makes the Son vulnerable enough to then be killed by Anakin.

The Mortis gods have a heavy presence in Ahsoka: they're linked to the mystical World Between Worlds, and the convor Morai, a representation of the Daughter, can be seen watching over Ahsoka Tano herself (a possible dark side counterpart can be spotted, too). A D23 display even confirmed that Morai will return.

Plus, Baylan Skoll is last seen standing on a statue of the Father, which is pointing into the distance – meaning the power he seeks seems linked to Mortis (read more of our theories in our Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown).

So, who is this mysterious Jedi Anakin and Ahsoka are duelling? It's unclear for now, but if the makeup on his face really does link to the Son, then Snips and Skyguy could be brushing up against more Mortis lore. Could this character be a disciple of the Son's? It remains to be seen, though other fans speculate this figure could be a young Baylan, Inquisitor Marrok, or just a rogue Jedi.

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi shared at a D23 talk attended by GamesRadar+. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced, and we may or may not hear something about that a little later today. So, stay tuned here at D23 for Ahsoka season 2."

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on January 20, 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

Anakin Skywalker star Hayden Christensen has said Dave Filoni understands his Star Wars character better than him – but will still take his ideas on board.

Christensen first played Anakin way back in 2002's Attack of the Clones, and, following 2005's Revenge of the Sith, he returned to his role in Disney Plus shows Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka (he'll also soon be back in Ahsoka season 2).

When asked by IMDb at this year's D23 if he's able to give feedback on his character to the writers, Christensen responded: "I don't need to. Dave Filoni I think understands this character in some ways even better than I do. And so when I read the scripts, I'm just elated with what I get to do and say. That said, he's still very collaborative, and if I have an idea, I'll share it, and if it works, then we'll do it. And so, we're not too precious about things and we get to explore a little bit. But I try to honor the words that he's written and I don't need to deviate much."

Christensen will return as both Force ghost Anakin and the Clone Wars version of the character in Ahsoka season 2, as revealed by the first trailer (check out our full trailer breakdown here for our theories).

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi shared at D23, in a talk attended by GamesRadar+. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced, and we may or may not hear something about that a little later today. So, stay tuned here at D23 for Ahsoka season 2."

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on Disney Plus on January 20, 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's coming soon.

Hayden Christensen says he wants to make a live-action Clone Wars series with the OG cast of the prequel series... and that everyone would be down to come back.

"I know that Ewan McGregor would love to do more with it," Christensen said on the Hey Jonas podcast, when asked by Kevin Jonas if there would ever be a live-action Anakin series. "I've heard Natalie [Portman] would love to come back. Sam Jackson. So you could get the band back together."

As a defender of the prequels, this makes me irrationally happy. Until Obi-Wan Kenobi, Christensen had not revisited Anakin since 2005 (though his vocal 'cameo' in The Rise of Skywalker does technically count). In The Clone Wars TV show, we learn that Ahsoka and Anakin have some serious history together (I also find it endearing that he calls her 'Snips' and she calls him 'Skyguy'). It only made sense that this would carry over into the live-action Ahsoka series.

"I'm ready whenever they are. They just seem to not be ready, but I'm up for it," McGregor previously stated regarding returning as Obi-Wan. It's been four years since his standalone limited Disney Plus series. The actor reportedly followed Dave Filoni around on set of Ahsoka season 2 (in which his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Hera) in order to pitch his character's comeback.

Ahsoka season 2 hits Disney Plus on January 20, 2027. The trailer for the new season was released at D23 and you can check out our Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown for all the major moments.

The future of Doctor Who is pretty uncertain at the moment following the cancelation of the latest season's Christmas special and announcement of Ncuti Gatwa's exit. The long-running BBC sci-fi show has now been put out to tender to see if another production company will pick up the franchise for a reboot.

However, Doctor Who writer and actor Mark Gatiss isn't feeling too hopeful about its return. "I think the fact that Doctor Who had a second act of 21 years is absolutely amazing," he told the Radio Times. "And for it to come back, possibly even more popular than it was in the first run… But I think maybe it's just time for a break, because these things, all good things come to an end. I think the BBC putting out for tender is a perfectly great idea, but we've been here before."

He cited the show's cancelation at the end of the '80s. "They put it out to tender then and it just quietly didn't happen and I have a feeling maybe that's what's going to happen," Gatiss continued. "I feel very doomy."

The actor added that he thinks it will come back again but viewers need to "miss it" before it does and perhaps a new generation needs to take the helm.

Gatiss has worked on the show both in front of and behind the camera. He wrote nine televised episodes and appeared as a villainous scientist and a dying World War I soldier in the modern series, as well as penning several official Who books.

Earlier this year, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies addressed the cancelation of Doctor Who on Instagram too, saying a heartfelt "goodbye" to fans of the show.

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Ewan McGregor has made no secret about how much he wants to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars universe. However, apparently he's so keen, he's even been pitching to Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni and considering time traveling love stories.

"It was very casual, but I said there's got to be something," McGregor told Variety about his pitch to Filoni on the set of Ahsoka, which his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars in. "Yoda's somewhere else. After the end of Episode III', when we all go to the four or five corners of the galaxy – or however many corners it's got – I won't have been in touch with him. But he's out there. So I think there could be a story there where I'm trying to reach out to him."

He's not just considered a Yoda-centric story either, but also once harbored hopes he could star opposite Winstead's New Republic general Hera Syndulla as well. "I got very excited when Mary started working on Ahsoka," he added to Variety. "I thought, maybe this is the big love story – Obi-Wan and Hera." However, he has come to acknowledge the characters are in different timeframes with Ahsoka set years after Obi-Wan's death.

McGregor's comments come shortly after his last plea to Disney to revive his character once again. Speaking at the recent premiere of The End of Oak Street, he said: "I'm ready whenever they are. They just seem to not be ready, but I'm up for it."

While Obi-Wan's Star Wars future is still unclear, Winstead will be returning soon in Ahsoka season 2. The trailer for the new season was released at D23 and you can check out our Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown for all the major moments.

The Ahsoka season 2 trailer finally arrived at D23, and, not only was GamesRadar+ in the room to watch all the action unfold, we also have lots to talk about from the new footage.

Below, we've listed the 16 most interesting Star Wars details in the new trailer, as well as our thoughts on what might be going on. It's been three long years since season 1, but it's finally time to start getting excited about the return of Ahsoka Tano.

So, head on down for our full Ahsoka season 2 trailer breakdown. For more, check out our D23 live-blog for all the other major announcements.

The Clone Wars

After the Star Wars show's D23 display teased flashbacks to The Clone Wars era, the trailer confirmed we are indeed returning to this point on the Star Wars timeline. We see Anakin and Ahsoka in a snowy forest, fighting someone with a triple-bladed green lightsaber. Now, what this might mean isn't clear just yet. Naturally, there are theories aplenty to be found on Reddit, with fans speculating this mysterious enemy could be a younger Baylan Skoll, Marrok or the Crow, or just a renegade Jedi.

Force ghost Anakin

Anakin Skywalker's return was confirmed at Star Wars Celebration 2025. The trailer shows Anakin both in the past in a Clone Wars-era moment and as a Force ghost on Peridea. Clearly, Anakin is still watching over Snips: in fact, he says he's always walking by her side. Aww.

Thrawn declares war

Grand Admiral Thrawn returned to the main galaxy at the end of Ahsoka season 1. In the trailer, he declares war against the Rebel Alliance, which includes his old foe Hera Syndulla. This looks to be building to an Heir to the Empire-style confrontation, which could culminate in the Dave Filoni movie announced at Star Wars Celebration 2023.

Xiono returns

Senator Xiono is back in season 2. In the first season, Xiono refused to believe Thrawn could return, so it seems likely he'll continue to be a thorn in Hera's side.

Another hallway fight

One thing Star Wars absolutely loves is a good hallway fight: Darth Vader in Rogue One, Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian season 2, Maul in The Clone Wars, and, now, the Nightsisters of Dathomir in Ahsoka season 2.

Nightsisters of Dathomir

Concept art at D23 teased the Nightsisters wielding energy bows of some kind, and, in the trailer, we see them in action. They seem to be attacking the Rebel Alliance, so we'd wager this is a skirmish organized by Thrawn.

Dathomir

A red planet can briefly be seen in the trailer. Could this be Dathomir? It certainly looks like it. Dathomir, of course, is home world to both the Nightsisters and one Darth Maul.

Sabine's new hair

Sabine Wren is never one to keep the same look for long, and, in Ahsoka season 2, she's growing out her hair again – and it seems to have been dyed a very pale shade of lilac. Sabine cut her hair in season 1 to symbolise her return to facing her destiny, and, in season 2, the pale hair could tie into Ahsoka's Gandalf the White-style appearance. This could mean Sabine is embracing Ahsoka's teachings (but with her own edge, hence the hint of lilac), or that she has a fresh perspective like Snips after meeting Anakin in the World Between Worlds. Now, where Sabine is finding a hair salon on Peridea remains a mystery...

Space battles

Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi has teased space battles are coming, and we get a glimpse at them in the trailer. Thanks to Celebration 2025, we know that Admiral Ackbar is returning to face off against Thrawn, too. Expect a galactic showdown for the ages.

Strange rocks

Ahsoka and Sabine can be seen approaching a carving on a rock on Peridea. Considering the first piece of concept art for season 2 teased the Mortis gods, we'd guess this has something to do with those Force beings or the World Between Worlds. After all, it seems this is what Baylan is trying to access.

Anakin knows Baylan

"Baylan claims to have knowledge of a power. One that could end wars," says Anakin in the trailer. This is not only confirmation that the two did indeed know each other, as Baylan suggested in season 1, but also sets up Baylan's mysterious quest for the World Between Worlds.

Zeb Orrelios

After making his live-action debut in The Mandalorian season 3 and earning a starring role in The Mandalorian and Grogu, Zeb Orrelios is appearing in Ahsoka season 2. That means a full Ghost crew reunion could be on the cards, if Sabine makes it home.

Ezra Bridger vs Enoch

Ezra can be seen in lightsaber combat with Enoch, the mysterious gold-masked stormtrooper from season 1. Some people theorized that Enoch was actually Ezra himself, which turned out not to be true. Who the masked figure is remains to be seen. Enoch also has a flaming green lightsaber, which could suggest Nightsister magic (and looks pretty cool).

Huyang faces Shin Hati

Huyang goes full General Grievous and wields multiple lightsabers in a face-off with Shin Hati. This means Shin finds Ahsoka's ship, though we still suspect the Padawan might be on the path to redemption. She approaches Baylan in the trailer too, but Baylan abandoned her in season 1, so a happy reunion seems unlikely.

Ahsoka and Sabine fight together

Both Ahsoka and Sabine wield their lightsabers in a battle with white droids across a symbol that has circles and lines similar to the World Between Worlds. Are they closing in on this mystical realm, too? Ahsoka does have experience with it, after all, and concept art displayed at D23 reveals Morai, the convor bird associated with the Daughter, is still watching over Ahsoka.

Ahsoka might become a Jedi again

Anakin's voiceover in the trailer questions, "Are you a Jedi or not?" Ahsoka walked away from the Jedi Order during The Clone Wars after she was falsely accused of a crime she did not commit and put on trial. Could Ahsoka find her way back? We're willing to guess yes, since Ahsoka embodies all the qualities of a Jedi and even has her own Padawan.

Ahsoka season 2 arrives January 20, 2027. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and TV shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

At D23, Lucasfilm has finally dropped the first trailer for Ahsoka season 2, and Grand Admiral Thrawn has declared war on the Rebel Alliance.

In the trailer, which you can watch above, Hayden Christensen's Anakin returns as both Force ghost and for a snowy Clone Wars-era flashbacks. In the present, Grand Admiral Thrawn is back in a galaxy far, far away and declares war on the Rebel Alliance – expect plenty of space battles, then. Quick flashes of action also reveal Huyang wielding multiple lightsabers like General Grievous for a fight with Shin Hati. The question of Ahsoka Tano's Jedi status will also be addressed, by the sound of things.

Season 2 will pick up with Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren stranded on Peridea after the Ahsoka season 1 ending, while Ezra Bridger and Grand Admiral Thrawn escaped back to the main galaxy. Also remaining on Peridea are Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati – following the tragic loss of Ray Stevenson, Rory McCann will take over as Baylan in season 2.

At Star Wars Celebration 2025, we learned that Hayden Christensen will return as Anakin Skywalker and Admiral Ackbar will face off against Thrawn. There was also a first look of sorts shown behind closed doors, which teased battles across two galaxies and giant, evil droids.

"Anybody who saw the sequels knows that there's a First Order coming in, like, 20 years from where we are now in the storyline," The Mandalorian and Grogu director Jon Favreau has shared. "And then Ahsoka season 2 is coming out – which I've seen all of – and that's definitely more dealing with the larger [picture], a higher level. That's about the officers and we're the enlisted men – this is more of a ground-level experience of what's going on. You're seeing the backdrop – which, by the way, is what the first Star Wars started off as."

Ahsoka season 2 arrives on January 20, 2027 on Disney Plus. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else the galaxy far, far away has in store.

For even more, keep up with our D23 live blog.

An Ahsoka season 2 display at D23 has given away some fascinating hints about what might be to come in the second season of the Star Wars show.

GamesRadar+ is on the ground at this year's D23, which means we got to explore the Ahsoka display for ourselves. The main point of excitement is the costumes on display: as you can see in the post below, both Anakin Skywalker and a younger Ahsoka Tano have new outfits for season 2, suggesting we might see the return of Ariana Greenblatt as Padawan-era Snips.

They're both dressed in cold weather gear, intriguingly – though whether that means a flashback to the snowy events of season 1 episode 'Trespass' or a new scenario remains to be seen.

Some concept art is also on display, which reveals the return of Morai after the bird's appearance in season 1. Morai is a convor that watches over Ahsoka, associated with the Daughter Force god from the Mortis arc of Clone Wars. Put simply, the Daughter is a personification of the light side of the Force, and she sacrificed herself to resurrect Ahsoka during the events of that arc (read more in our World Between Worlds explainer). In one piece of art, the convor can be seen observing Ahsoka and Sabine Wren on Peridea.

Also seen in the artwork is Huyang wielding multiple lightsabers and going up against Shin Hati, as well as Grand Admiral Thrawn looking at a map on his ship, the Nightsisters of Dathomir using what look to be energy bows, and the return of Enoch the mysterious gold-masked stormtrooper wielding a green lightsaber.

At the convention, Ezra Bridger actor Eman Esfandi also shared more about the upcoming second season.

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," he teased. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced, and we may or may not hear something about that a little later today. So, stay tuned here at D23 for Ahsoka season 2."

Ahsoka season 2 is coming in 2027. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's on the way – and keep your eyes on GamesRadar+ for updates from D23's main studio panel for news on Ahsoka and more.

At D23, Ezra Bridger star Eman Esfandi has teased what's to come in Ahsoka season 2 – and it sounds pretty epic.

"There's going to be more lightsabers. A lot more lightsaber action. There's going to be some space battles, some space action, and there's going to be witches, and swords, and explosions galore," the actor shared during a talk attended by GamesRadar+ at the Disney convention. "It's going to be really fun, really fast-paced, and we may or may not hear something about that a little later today. So, stay tuned here at D23 for Ahsoka season 2."

Ahsoka season 2 is set to feature the return of Admiral Ackbar, who will face off against Grand Admiral Thrawn – which might be one of the space battles Esfandi is talking about. It also sounds like we can expect to see more of the fearsome Nightsisters of Dathomir.

The new season will also see the return of Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, while Game of Thrones star Rory McCann takes over the role of Baylan Skoll from the late Ray Stevenson.

"A lot of action. Fights, battles, explosions, lightsabers, lasers," Esfandi has previously teased of season 2. "I'm having a flashback. So a lot of action, and I think everybody's gonna love it. Dave [Filoni] went nuts, and all of us were ready to follow suit of our fearless leader, and it's gonna be a lot of fun."

Ahsoka season 2 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows for everything else that's on the way – and keep your eyes on GamesRadar+ for updates from D23's main studio panel for news on Ahsoka and more.

Matthew McConaughey has revealed that he turned down the role of Joel in HBO's The Last of Us TV show.

"I wasn’t really acting at that point," McConaughey told Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast. "That was when I was doing more writing and looking at leadership roles in life. It was really good. I was excited. Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m not a huge TV watcher, we pulled off a real coup with True Detective at a time when series were not something that actors like myself or Woody Harrelson would hop over and go do. That one succeeded in a real royal fashion. Last of Us was really good but it wasn’t for me at the time."

The role ultimately went to Pedro Pascal, and effectively cemented his status as a household name. The TV series is based on the massively popular video game of the same name, which is set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by disease and follows an immune girl named Ellie who develops an unlikely father-daughter-esque bond with a morally gray man named Joel. Ellie is portrayed first as a 13-year-old in season 1, as the first season adapts the first game, and is 19 in season 2, which adapts the sequel.

The show, which premiered in 2023, has been nominated for countless Emmy and Golden Globe Awards, though it may be set to end after its third season (despite previous announcements of a fourth).

McConaughey was no doubt asked to play Joel after his award-winning performance in True Detective (and because Joel also has a southern accent), and while the casting would've made sense, it would've been a completely different show (and I would just spend every episode waiting for Harrelson to show up.)

The Last of Us season 3 is expected to premiere on HBO in 2027. For more, check out our guide to the best shows on HBO Max, and keep up with new TV shows on the way.

The X-Files reboot is slowly moving ahead with Sinners director Ryan Coogler the mastermind behind the new series. We also know that it will feature two new leads, played by Till's Danielle Deadwyler and The Odyssey's Himesh Patel.

However, there has been a question mark over just how connected it will be to the original series, which starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Now it seems like Chris Carter, who created the show, has let slip a key connection.

“At least Gillian, I think, is going to appear in the Coogler version," he told Polygon. "And I'm assuming David will too, so you will see Mulder and Scully there." Intriguing…

Carter would be in the know too as he's an executive producer on the new version. However, it's not entirely a surprise that Anderson has some involvement as she previously revealed that she's read the pilot script.

"We've had a few conversations," she said of Coogler at Washington DC's Awesome Con back in March. "He's such a cool guy and so talented, and the pilot script is really good. So, I would say, 'Have an open mind and give it a chance because it's gonna be f***ing cool.' It really is. It's something different. It's different and it's special."

To tide you over in the meantime, a new version of The X-Files: I Want to Believe has just arrived on Disney Plus and Hulu. This features Carter's directors' cut, which brings in some of the horror elements that were removed from the original 2008 movie.

For what else to stream, check out our guide to the best movies on Disney Plus and all the new TV shows you need on your radar.

Ewan McGregor is waiting for Disney's call to bring him back as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Speaking ahead of the release of his new movie The End of Oak Street (which is getting rave reviews), the actor says there is plenty more to explore with his Star Wars character.

"I’m ready whenever they are," he told E! News. "They just seem to not be ready, but I'm up for it." He went on to share a few ideas about where we last saw Obi-Wan in the Star Wars universe at the end of the Obi-Wan Kenobi series back in 2022.

"At the end of the Obi-Wan series, I’m walking off into the desert and I’ve decided to leave. I’ve realized I can’t keep the pressure on Luke," he explains. "I realized he has to have his own childhood, so I leave him with Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru. And I wander off… and Qui-Gon's back. And we go off… but where are we going? What happens between those two moments is what I want to do and spend the rest of my career doing these stories."

The actor ended with a plea for Disney, which echoes his previous calls for the return of the character. "We’ve got plenty of time; I’ve got 10 years before I am Alec Guinesses’ age. So come on, Disney!"

The Star Wars universe on screen is looking a bit sparse over the next few years. Despite a lot of announcements, the only projects that appear to be in active development are Star Wars: Starfighter, which is a standalone movie starring Ryan Gosling, and Ahsoka season 2, which has finished filming.

D23 is around the corner, so more Star Wars stories could be announced there, especially after the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu earlier this year. However, it seems like there will be no Kenobi announcement yet.

For more on the galaxy far, far away, check out our guide to the Star Wars timeline and our round-up of all the upcoming Star Wars movies and shows.

If you've been counting down the days till Pluribus season 2 after that cliffhanger Pluribus season 1 ending, you'd be wise to keep expectations in check, as the latest update from Apple TV boss Eddy Cue suggests Carol and co. won't be back on screens for some time yet.

Speaking to ScreenRant on the Ted Lasso season 4 red carpet, Apple TV head Eddy Cue was asked for an update on Pluribus season 2's scripts and offered a brief but illuminating response. "I haven't seen them. I know they're being worked on. [Vince Gilligan's] amazing. So I'm not worried. I know it will be amazing."

Not to contradict Mr Cue, but this is a little worrying. Pluribus season 1 debuted 9 months ago to rave reviews (among them, GamesRadar+'s Pluribus season 1 review) that labelled it among the best shows of the year. Filming wrapped a year before that, even, in September 2024. Over two years with no completed scripts to show for it does not bode well for season 2 arriving anytime soon. Two-year gaps between seasons has become the norm in the streaming era, but don't be surprised if Pluribus season 2 takes upwards of 3 years to hit screens, meaning a late 2028 release.

Of course, this is all supposition. And it's possible there's a season of completed scripts sitting in Eddy Cue's inbox that he hasn't gotten around to reading yet (I dread to think how many unread emails that man has, as the person who oversees all of Apple's content services). But creator Vince Gilligan has suggested repeatedly that Pluribus season 2 will take time. Earlier this year, Gilligan clarified that "It ain't gonna be The Pitt," with new seasons releasing like clockwork every year, though he was "deeper into the process" of season 2 at that stage than he predicted. That's a small silver lining, at least…

Hopefully the cast aren't still being kept in the dark. When we caught up with Zosia actor Karolina Wyrda following the season 1 finale, Wyrda said that she knew nothing about season 2, and liked it that way, claiming "Vince Gilligan keeps everything to himself." Even lead Rhea Seehorn doesn't know what the, ahem, fallout of Carol's explosive decision to have a nuke delivered to her front door will mean for season 2. "I honestly don't know… Even if Vince [Gilligan] was saying we don't know where we're going with it, usually as an actor I would make an intentional decision about what I think Carol's plan is. I honestly think Carol is not sure. I didn't do it out of laziness."

Pluribus season 2 is currently updated. In the meantime, check out all the new TV shows heading our way in the near future, and fill out your watchlist with our guide to the best Apple TV shows.

Fallout season 3 is currently filming, and candid snaps from the set may have revealed that a lesser-known subdivision of the Brotherhood of Steel is being introduced next season.

As spotted by eagle-eyed fans over on the Fallout subreddit, Fallout season 3 is currently filming on location at the Natural History Museum in LA; the familiar(ish) Brotherhood of Steel banners hanging around the stacks are something of a giveaway. However, look closely, and you might notice something a little different about those banners – a quill writing in a book. Check it out below.

This is a pretty clear hint that the Order of the Quill, a subdivision of the Brotherhood of Steel, is being introduced in Fallout season 3. Though it's never been a major part of the games, the Brotherhood of Steel is split into three subdivisions: the Order of the Sword (responsible for weapons development), the Order of the Shield (responsible for defensive research), and the Order of the Quill. The latter handles book/holotape retrieval and archival, and records the Brotherhood's history for posterity.

As we know from the Fallout season 2 post-credits scene, the Brotherhood has gotten its hands on the blueprints for Liberty Prime Alpha, a giant robotic suit of power armor that has recurred in the games, appearing in Fallout 3's Broken Steel DLC and in Fallout 4. In both games, Liberty Prime is eventually destroyed (along with a chapter of the Brotherhood, depending on the Sole Survivor's choices). Given the TV show is set some 9 years after Fallout 4 in 2296, the Order of the Quill may prove key to unearthing knowledge necessary to rebuild Liberty Alpha Prime.

"Makes me wonder if they're showing off a different Brotherhood chapter," theorizes one fan. "Max's chapter absolutely has a nerd division, but I would think they'd be heavily pushed to the side at this point in time to divert resources to Quintus's war aspirations."

"Honestly, it would be interesting if we see a BoS chapter focused on knowledge rather than warfare and technology," adds another fan. "Especially since season 2 showed most BoS chapters have devolved into pretty much raiders."

Fallout season 3 details are still few and far between, though Bethesda bigwig Todd Howard has said that the next season will include "new things" that have "never [been] seen before in the games." We also know that season 3 will be heading to a new location for Fallout, Colorado, where Cooper Howard's family is seemingly being held.